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“Abide in me. Go and bear much fruit…” Personal Grid for those in training, preparing to become officers within The Salvation Army.

Using your completed Personal Grid as a guide, choose a Menu Option from the list below, in an area that you want to take a "best next step" of growth.

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Help you grow in knowledge & understanding

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Spiritual & character formation

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Hands-on application & experience

 1. Effective Personal Witness 

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Draw or write your spiritual story from the last six months.

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Keep a journal of opportunities and situations in which you were positioned to share your story, or spaces you put yourself in to do the same.

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Check your social media feed and think about how your walk with Jesus is reflected through what you post, follow, comment or like.

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Summarize your current testimony in three points that could be shared quickly and easily. Share it with three people who haven’t heard it before.

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Practise the daily exercise of examen, looking for evidence of God at work in your life throughout your day.

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Make space and time to hear and listen to the Holy Spirit’s prompting in your life in this area.

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Do a prayer walk in your neighbourhood and ask God for courage to share your story with your neighbours, then do it.

 2. Sacrificial Compassionate Mission 

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Keep a journal of your acts of service, and the acts of service of which you have been the recipient.

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Ask God to help you live simply and pay attention to what he tells or shows you.

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Write a letter or speak words of encouragement to someone others might not say is successful.

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Choose a way to care for yourself regularly so that you can give from a place of rest.

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Pray for discernment to know the difference between the urgent and the important so that you make space to respond to those in need.

 3. Active Engagement in the World 

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Think of a way to use your resources and facilities to share with others.

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Create a web of your relationships and look for diversity.

 4. Healthy Spiritual Habits 

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Choose a method of engaging Scripture that you haven’t used before (i.e., Scripture writing, Lectio Devina, SOAP, lectionary, etc.).

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Set up a dedicated space in your home as a prayer altar which has prayer prompts and other objects to help increase focus.

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Monitor your social media consumption and look for windows of time that might be leveraged for spiritual care.

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Choose a new spiritual discipline to practise.

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Commit to reading some Scripture every day.

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Track your sleep, eating and exercise routines, and reflect on your care of your body as a temple, committing to one positive change you will make.

 5. Healthy Spiritual Community 

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Download the Infinitum app. Form or join an Infinitum hub and begin integrating the rhythms of surrender, generosity and mission into your shared journey of faith with those in your hub.

 6. Salvation & Sanctification 

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Read a book written by a Salvationist holiness teacher.

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Do some self reflection and specifically take note of which fruit of the Spirit are evident in your life right now.

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Make a list of people in your life who model holy living. Also note the reason you listed them.

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Practise the daily exercise of Examen, looking for evidence of God at work in your life throughout your day.

 7. Equipped for Ministry 

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Take, or retake, a spiritual gifts assessment.

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Learn three new things from a leader you know who is doing ministry well.

 8. Entrusted with Ministry 

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 9. Stewardship 

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Take an inventory of your spending habits, including where you spend and what you spend it on.

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Commit to borrowing or sharing items with a friend as opposed to buying new ones where you can.

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Do some research on the ethical habits of the stores you commonly shop in.

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Commit to one additional way you can help care for the earth this month.

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Pray for discernment to know the difference between the urgent and the important so that you can use your time more wisely.

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Track your sleep, eating and exercise routines, and reflect on your care of your body as a temple, committing to one positive change you will make.

 10. Discernment & Decision-making 

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Make a list of your values. Make a list of the values of the kingdom. Check for alignment.

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Practise the daily exercise of Examen, reviewing the decisions you made and reflecting on whether they were godly choices.

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Take an inventory of all the “voices” that are speaking into your life (both wise and unwise). Commit to turning up the volume on wise, godly counsel.

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Read a chapter of Proverbs each day this month, making it the focus of your personal daily devotions.

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Review your social media activity and reflect on the level of good discernment you showed or didn’t show this month.

 11. Relation to Authority 

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Choose one way to further understand yourself and your responses to others in your life (Consider using personality assessments, such as the Enneagram, SDI, etc.) and commit to completing that this month.

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Set aside intentional time in your calendar this month to pray for the leaders in your life (think church, work, government, international leaders, etc.).

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Practise the daily exercise of Examen, considering how you hold and relate to authority.

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Find a Christian who holds a senior position in a secular environment and ask them how they hold their authority in a Christlike way. What principles can you apply from their experience?

 12. Response to God's Call 

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Practise the daily habit of surrender, laying all that you have and are to God as an offering.

 13. Beliefs/Values/Behaviours 

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Make a list of things in the DNA of The Salvation Army from its beginnings —mission, practice, history, doctrine—that you most admire and value.

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Explore the doctrines of The Salvation Army. Write them out and what they mean to you.

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Make a list of things in the DNA of The Salvation Army from its beginnings —mission, practice, history, doctrine—that you most admire and value.

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Write out your answer to this question: “What does it mean for me to be a Salvationist?” Share it with someone else.

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Make a list of things in the DNA of The Salvation Army from its beginnings —mission, practice, history, doctrine—that you most admire and value.

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Use The Salvation Army’s Day by Day resource as a devotional throughout the month. Put its principles into action.

You've chosen your next step for growth, now make sure you connect with those you're journeying with to let them know what step(s) you've decided to take. Then schedule a Connection Point to let each other know how your steps are going. Use the guide on the next page to help keep your Connection Points intentional and on track!

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